Marama

NameHead scarf

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Dateca.1920

Place madeBoroec Village, Strushki Drimkol Municipality, Macedonia, Europe

(not assigned)North Macedonia (Formerly Republic of Macedonia), Southeastern Europe, Europe

MediumCotton, silk, linen

Dimensions49 13/16 × 21 7/16 in. (126.5 × 54.5 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Bernard and Susan Ziobro, A.2016.1.4

Object numberA.2016.1.4

DescriptionThis white linen scarf has a rolled edge with one corner inverted and sewn down with red thread. The five corners have cross-stitched flowers in bright reds, greens, blues, yellows, as well as pale pink, lavender, and salmon. The scarf's center hem area, above the embroidered fringed bands, has a stalk with five evenly spaced cross-stitched flowers. The band is woven in red and dark blue, with silk emroidered geometric forms that include crosses, and fringe of red cotton yarn, interspersed with braids of red and white.